America decides, but fear is that nothing will be resolvedPolling experts and campaigns in the dark as to whether Harris or Trump will be sworn in as 47th presidentMon Nov 04 2024 - 21:53
‘We feel very special’: The industrial town set to play an outsized role in the US electionOn the final day of campaigning, Pennsylvania has become the battleground of a suffocatingly close electionMon Nov 04 2024 - 20:35
US election analysis: Eye-opening Iowa poll shows shift to Kamala Harris in key swing stateAfter months when all big polling companies showed Trump and Harris neck and neck in the seven battleground states, the Iowa poll stands out as sharp and boldSun Nov 03 2024 - 17:17
Harris vs Trump: America teeters on a knife edge ahead of an extraordinary electionUS presidential election has seen the most poisonous campaign in living memory. As election day looms, the national mood is anxiousSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:15
Joe Biden faces a late, cruel humiliation in a tough closing chapter to his presidencyUS president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigningSat Nov 02 2024 - 05:00
Harris warns of ‘petty tyrant’ at site where Trump delivered notorious January 6th rallying cryAs symbolic locations go, Harris could not have made a more pointed choice to offer what was billed as her closing message of this extraordinary election campaignWed Oct 30 2024 - 07:03
Donald Trump pledges ‘new golden age’ for America as son of New York takes over the GardenUS election: Puerto Rico is described as ‘floating island of garbage’ by comedian at New York eventMon Oct 28 2024 - 09:10
Battle between CNN and Fox becomes more treacherous with the emergence of new media like Joe Rogan’s podcastUS election: Fox’s pro-Trump slant is often jaw-dropping while CNN is frequently accused of an equally obvious pro-Democrat biasSat Oct 26 2024 - 05:00
Donald Trump is ‘a little bit coarse. But he had good ideas and we had the best economy in 50 years’US presidential election: Door County, Wisconsin, has voted for every successful US presidential candidate since 1996. This time it is split down the middleFri Oct 25 2024 - 14:05
Bittersweet edge in Wisconsin as Barack Obama shows old magic in bid to bolster Blue WallUS Election: The former president is touring crucial heartland states as he tries to boost Kamala Harris’s campaign - and reclaim his own accomplishments from Donald TrumpWed Oct 23 2024 - 07:16
US election: ‘It is going to be a close race… We feel this incredible responsibility to get it right’Irish-American congressman Dan Kildee is about to end his long political career. But first he will try to persuade Michigan voters to side with Kamala Harris in the presidential electionTue Oct 22 2024 - 15:22
Arab-American disillusionment with Democratic Party in Michigan could cost Harris dearly In a key maginal state, the disaffection of some 300,000 residents like prominent lawyer Soujoud Hamade could well tilt the electoral balance in Donald Trump’s favourTue Oct 22 2024 - 05:00
Detroit’s links with Cork are hard to miss in this city with a subtle swagger and self-assuranceIn the heart of Detroit, the city that spawned the Model-T Ford, there is an area called CorktownSun Oct 20 2024 - 05:00
Race and rebirth in Detroit: Trump and Harris face off in key US election battlegroundDetroit has a 78% black population and has become an intense focus for both candidates as election day approachesSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Swing-state governors rallying Democrats to the cause of helping Harris over the lineMichigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will prove key to the presidential election outcome and Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro and Tony Evers are under pressure to deliver for their partyFri Oct 18 2024 - 15:12
Why a small Democratic stronghold in Detroit is deserting Kamala Harris for Donald TrumpUS election: A Republican office has opened in the Democratic stronghold of Hamtramck where the local mayor has endorsed TrumpTue Oct 15 2024 - 13:39
The Democratic movement is worried, Kamala Harris is losing ground with less than a month to goRepublicans have regained traction and the Democrats are worried as US election nearsFri Oct 11 2024 - 17:23
Nobody gets under Donald Trump’s skin like Barack ObamaAppearance by Democratic Party’s ageless daystar of liberty at Pittsburgh rally was a wistful look back at past that seemed infinite with hopeFri Oct 11 2024 - 07:24
Harris says Israel Defense Forces firing at UN positions and peacekeepers ‘utterly unacceptable’White House says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of the IDF firing on UN troopsFri Oct 11 2024 - 06:00
‘Intimidatory behaviour’ by Israeli forces to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon unacceptable, says HarrisTaoiseach says ‘Israel will have to be judged on what it does and not what it says’ amid ‘concerning’ loss of civilian lifeThu Oct 10 2024 - 20:47
Deloitte consultants paid €7.6m for advice and support to State on dealing with Ukrainian refugeesRoderic O’Gorman’s Department of Integration had contract with management consultants since March 2022Thu Oct 10 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris tells Joe Biden ‘proportionality has been totally lost by the Netanyahu government’Taoiseach says he ‘made clear the position of the Irish people’ on Gaza to US presidentWed Oct 09 2024 - 22:08
Top-ups to Ukrainians in State-funded housing shows welfare cuts were not ‘properly thought through’, says NGODecision in May to reduce welfare has had ‘unintended consequences’ and left people struggling to meet food, transport and other costsWed Oct 09 2024 - 20:45
Ireland and US celebrate enduring ties amid changing times Joe Biden and Simon Harris will meet in the White House on Wednesday against an extraordinary backdropWed Oct 09 2024 - 00:01
Joe Biden postpones centenary event with Taoiseach due to Hurricane MiltonSimon Harris was due to attend ceremony marking 100 years of diplomatic relations but meeting will now take place in the Oval OfficeTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:57
60 Minutes interview: Rare chance to see Kamala Harris quizzed on election promises Donald Trump had originally agreed to participate in a CBS News interview also but his campaign team cancelled the arrangementTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:32
‘People have no idea what’s coming’: Big crowds attend Trump’s return to scene of assassination attemptOwner of X joins Trump on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, where former president was shot at in JulySun Oct 06 2024 - 08:26
Netflix telling of Menendez murders chimes with elements of US election Debate around dramatisation of dark family crime takes place within society populated by guns, privilege and versions of the truthSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Eric Adams, the swaggering, ‘weird’ mayor of New York, is the first to face indictment in the office’s 360-year historyThe man who managed to flip a life of juvenile delinquency into a 20-year career with the NYPD and then a remarkably successful political charge, faces charges of historic fraud and corruptionFri Oct 04 2024 - 14:52
Vance-Walz vice-presidential debate: JD Vance steals the night from underwhelming Tim WalzPolished performance by Vance shows Republicans have learned from the presidential debates that optics are everythingWed Oct 02 2024 - 06:11
Vance-Walz debate: They dislike each other and hold starkly different views. Should be riveting Great weight has been placed on the showdown between two Midwesterners with starkly different beliefsTue Oct 01 2024 - 05:00
A drive through the Rust Belt: Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump who swings Pennsylvania?Long neglected, the Rust Belt state is a keystone in the upcoming US election. How its people vote could determine who will be in the White HouseSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Graveyard full of Irish names is all that remains of a US town slowly consumed by a 50-year fireThe rich seam of anthracite coal running under Centralia caught fire in 1962, sporadically and unpredictably appearing overground to terrorise and drive out the populationFri Sept 27 2024 - 16:37
US Election: Trump’s Hilton high-wire act vies with Harris’s Hollywood stardust Oprah Winfrey hosts vice-president’s star-studded event with a nod to gun control while Trump chases Jewish voteSat Sept 21 2024 - 05:00
Mitchell Scholars programme ‘faces closure unless reliable funding can be secured’‘Everybody loves the programme but nobody wants to pay for it,’ Trina Vargo of the US-Ireland Alliance saysFri Sept 20 2024 - 11:16
Trump bares his teeth in Long Island as he promises to win back New YorkNew York’s most controversial son returns to form after Sunday’s threat on his lifeThu Sept 19 2024 - 06:33
US election campaign irrevocably poisoned by fallout from another apparent assassination attempt on Donald TrumpIn the US election campaign now, there is nothing but accusation and counteraccusation and a complete breakdown of anything approaching mutual respectTue Sept 17 2024 - 19:16
Trump assassination attempt: Suspect appears in Florida court charged with gun crimesUkrainian officials say they have nothing to do with Ryan Wesley Routh and accused Moscow of using link for propaganda purposesMon Sept 16 2024 - 21:23
Security detail for Trump worked but incident raises questions about safety of candidatesBiden says he believes the Secret Service needs more personnel to cope with providing security detailMon Sept 16 2024 - 20:27
Irish couple who lost son to sepsis ‘thrilled’ as new senate Bill is signed in US Ciarán and Orlaith Staunton, who have campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of sepsis, met senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on Capitol HillSat Sept 14 2024 - 17:40
One of the most dignified and powerful political speeches of the entire election year has been somewhat lostNathan Clark says the death of his 11-year-old son Aiden is ‘constantly shoved in our faces’ by ‘morally bankrupt politicians’Sat Sept 14 2024 - 05:00
US Election: Advantage Harris, but can the Democratic nominee sway doubters? Trump appears to have underestimated his opponent and decided to cut his losses by declining to appear in second debateFri Sept 13 2024 - 16:15
Harris v Trump debate: What’s the state of play now in the US presidential race?Margins promise to be tight this November. It is too close to callFri Sept 13 2024 - 15:40
Second presidential debate unlikely as Harris deemed to have overshadowed TrumpFormer US president unenthusiastic about rematch with current vice-president in wake of performance which helped create sharper portrait of his rival in the electionsWed Sept 11 2024 - 20:18
A night to forget for addled Trump as nimble Harris baits him in televised presidential debate Minor things got under skin of former president, who was reduced to a pitiful, angry figure over 90 minutesWed Sept 11 2024 - 06:23
US presidential debate: Harris gets chance to make a case against shape-shifting TrumpPersuading undecided minority she is best choice is the most important element of Tuesday’s TV debateTue Sept 10 2024 - 06:00
Presidential election debate offers opportunity and peril for Kamala HarrisAs polls tighten, vice president and Donald Trump will come face to face for the first time in their campaigns for White HouseMon Sept 09 2024 - 18:07
People in North Carolina who felt abandoned suddenly seem crucial to US election hopefulsAnderson Clayton (26) is helping to challenge the assumption that the state is a definite win for the Republican PartySat Sept 07 2024 - 10:00
US presidential election: ‘I don’t see a path to the White House for Trump without North Carolina’Since 1968, the eastern state has returned just two Democratic presidents: Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. This year, the party believes it can turn the state blue againFri Sept 06 2024 - 14:32
Florida politician lashes Ireland as ‘anti-Semitic country’ in row with governor over football game visitState legislator Randy Fine castigated former Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for attending American college football game at the Aviva in DublinSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
